I laughed at the Lorax, "You poor stupid guy!
You never can tell what some people will buy."
--Dr. Seuss

Monday, November 18, 2013

Gahan Wilson's One-Stop Shopping

This original cartoon by Gahan Wilson may have been published in Playboy. Then again, maybe it wasn't. The documentation is vague and not easy to verify. A few words scribbled on the back of a framed drawing don't necessarily carry any weight. As a service to to future cartoon historians, please remember that it's always best to specify date and page number as well as the name of the publication.

Note: Was this cartoon published in Playboy?If you know the publication history of this drawing, please let me know. Attempted Bloggery has a great many remarkable drawings with unknown or incomplete publication histories. If you're interested, you may review them here.Gahan Wilson's cartoons are no stranger to this blog. The many blog posts regarding his work may be seenhere.Gahan Wilson's work for the New Yorker may be found in the Cartoon Bankhere.The documentary "Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird" by Steven-Charles Jaffe has an informative website here.The film is being screened in Beverly Hills from November 22 to 28. Here are the gory details:

Gahan Wilson's 2009 radio interview on the Leonard Lopate Show is archivedhere.You'll always be able to find the latest news about Gahan Wilson on Ink Spillhere.Want more? There are also a few illustrations by Gahan Wilson on The Pictorial Artsbloghere.

With JFK in the news, I remind you of my one blog post about him, which is here.

The movie "Catching Fire" opens this Friday. You can read what I had to say about The Hunger Games trilogy here.